#secret

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait. ↗

— Countee Cullen

#call #except #getting #hard #hard work

This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#empty #heartbreak #picoult #rage #secret

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. ↗

— Ossie Davis

#being #black #cup #find #gladness

These rooms are decorated in two days. It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in each other's home. They don't see their finished room until the end of the second day. They have no say what happens in their own home. ↗

— Paige Davis

#days #decorated #each #end #finished

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#like #naturally #own #secreting #secretive

You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you? ↗

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

#being a girl #degrading #girl #know #like

In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing the song. ↗

— Peter Gallagher

#attempt #dean #dean martin #enjoyed #everybody

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#great #great respect #i #powell #president

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere. ↗

— Susan Griffin

#before #feel #often #secret #told

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life. ↗

— Fawn Hall

#government #happy #i #life #loved